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Gunman In Jewish School Murders May Have Filmed Shooting


Soldiers stand guard in the Toulouse subway one day after the shooting.
Soldiers stand guard in the Toulouse subway one day after the shooting.
France's interior minister says the man suspected of shooting three children and an adult to death at a French Jewish school may have filmed the crime.

Interior Minister Claude Gueant said witnesses have described the gunman as wearing a camera strapped to his chest during the bloodshed in the city of Toulouse on March 19.

President Nicolas Sarkozy has put the southwestern region of France on the highest-level terrorism alert following the shootings and two earlier deadly shooting attacks on French soldiers in the area.

The families of the school victims have requested that all four victims -- a 30-year-old rabbi, two boys aged 4 and 5, and a 7-year-old girl -- be buried this week in Israel, where the children also had citizenship.

With AP, AFP, and dpa reports

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